Ep 223. Larry Hirschhorn: A Father's Grief

<p><a href="https://www.cfar.com/hirschhorn/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Larry Hirschhorn</a> is a Principal and one of the founders of the Center for Applied Research, also known as CFAR (which had its origins at the Wharton School). <a href="https://www.cfar.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CFAR</a> is a management consulting firm with offices in Philadelphia and Boston. Larry was also a founder of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations (<a href="https://www.ispso.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ISPSO</a>) and the founder and director of Dynamics of Consulting, a program for experienced coaches and consultants. He has published several books and many articles linking organizational functioning to psychodynamics, among them <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Workplace-Within-Psychodynamics-Organizational-Life/dp/0262581019/ref=sr_1_2?crid=DZJTK57W53VB&amp;keywords=larry+hirschhorn&amp;qid=1643820923&amp;sprefix=larry+hirschhorn%2Caps%2C53&amp;sr=8-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Workplace Within</em></a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Reworking-Authority-Following-Post-Modern-Organization/dp/0262581736/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1643820950&amp;sr=8-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Reworking Authority</em></a>, both published by MIT Press. Larry has a PhD in Economics from MIT.</p><br><p>In this episode, Stew talks with Larry Hirschhorn about his recently published book about the sudden death of his son, called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Grieving-Aaron-Poems-Response-Sudden/dp/1737674602/ref=sr_1_1?crid=17HK593E4EQZJ&amp;keywords=larry+hirschhorn&amp;qid=1643820746&amp;sprefix=larry+hirsch%2Caps%2C55&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Grieving Aaron: Poems in Response to the Death of My Adult Son</em></a><em>. </em>They discuss anger, despair, ambivalence, the various ways different people express grief, the changes wrought by the loss of a loved one, a